Tour Metro B’ville-Seneca Knolls Meadowbrook-Limestone Brewerton Wetzel Road Oak Orchard

Biosolids and residuals Fact sheet on biosolids Production and marketing N-Viro™ Soil specifications and use Quality control Environmental management system Meeting standards

Area served: Town of Clay, Bayberry, Salina, Saw Mill Pump Station service area.

Treatment: Trickling filter secondary treatment with provisions for recirculation and post-chlorination.
Design volume = 3.5 MGD (peak = 8.8 MGD).

Plant facts

Plant has primary and secondary anaerobic digestion. The effluent is disinfected seasonally using sodium hypochlorite. A planned upgrade to the facility is now in the design phase.

Typical influent: Volume = 2.53 MGD
BOD₅ = 141.5 mg/L
TSS = 117.9 mg/L
TP = 4.1 mg/L
TKN = 29.3 mg/L
NH₃N = 20.5

Specifications

Design values: Volume =3.5 MGD
BOD₅=7,400 lb/day=8,500 lb/day

Grit chamber

16´ dia. 1´-8´´ S.W.D.
2,507 gal

Primary settling tanks (4)

16´ l x 86´ w 8´-3´´ S.W.D.
84,913 gal/unit (339,652 gal total)

Trickling filters (2)

48´ dia. (octagonal) 1910 ft² surf. area 14´4´´ deep
204,777 gal (409,555 gal total)

Secondary tanks (4)

16´ w x 79´ l 8´-3´´ depth
78,001 gal/tank (312,006 gal total)

Chlorine contact tanks

12,000 ft³, 89,760 gal

Primary digesters

50´ dia x 21.5´ S.W.D., 315,769 gal
50´ dia x 21´ S.W.D., 308,426 gal

Principal chemicals used

Ferric chloride for phosphorus removal. Sodium hypochlorite for disinfection.

Biosolids handling

Primary and secondary biosolids anaerobic digestion. Digested biosolids are is transported to Baldwinsville WWTP.
Date: 12/4/2002